With a positive outlook for the development of the paper industry in Indonesia and the region, driven by local demand as well as by exports, Voith Paper as a true local partner is going to further invest in Indonesiato be able to service the industrial growth of the paper industry.
Since 2012, Voith Paper Indonesia is already well on the way to meet these demands.By tripling its manpower, building up its after-market products & services business including stock preparation and paper machine rebuilds, and providing local resources with increased international capabilities, Voith Karawangshall integrate as a full scale project execution location into the worldwide network of the application, design, and engineering competence centers within Voith Paper worldwide.
Design, engineering, technical sales, order execution, supervision & erection, as well as a maintenance service team will enable Voith Paper to offer fast, flexible, and reliable services, to help customers in maintaining a high availability of their paper production lines. Accordingly Voith Paper has already started to invest into the necessary roll out of the global ERP system and is going to add further refurbishment service capacities and office space.
Not only Voith Paper Indonesia, but also Voith Paper Rolls Indonesia, the roll service center being an integral part of Voith Karawang, is going to expand and invest as the demand for alltypes ofroll covers and mechanical roll service is constantly increasing. The roll service center has, since many years, major commitments in corporate contracts to customers throughout the Asia Pacific region and with the forecasted growth, would soon reach its capacity limits.
Driven by space requirements of mechanical roll service,the service center in Karawang will double its overall output capacity and in addition install a high end, state of the art manufacturing line for composite calendar covers, providing the fastest process and turnaround times along with the added security of reduced transportation costs and risks for producers within this market segment.
In a further addition to capacity, and to service the growing Tissue Industry, Voith Paper Rolls Indonesia will expand its mobile tissue cylinder grinding and thermal coating equipment along with manpower to increase both flexibility and availability for onsite services.
In response to the steady growing market demand,Voith Paper will, with this major step of ramping up of capacities in Indonesia, be able to serve the South East Asian Paper industry well into the next decade. The buildup of facilities and resources will be completed as early as 1st quarter 2015.
With the strong international and experienced optimization team of Voith Paper Fabrics & Rolls Systems and the after-market Products & Services business line, Voith Paper will continue to lead standards of excellence in customer support and solutions throughout the industry.
Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, oil & gas, paper, raw materialsand transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, Voith employs more than43,000 people, generates 5.7 billion euros in sales, operates in over 50countries around the world and is today one of the biggest family-ownedcompanies in Europe.
SOURCE Voith Corporate Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Editor: PR Wire
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